Horse-collar



A. ODENBACH. HORSE COLLAR. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. 1919.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

ALBERT ODENBACH, OF BONESTEEL, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO.JACOB SCHOCHENMAIER, OF BONESTEEL, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HORSE-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Application filed October 25, 1919. Serial No. 333,154.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT ODENBAOH, citizenof the United States, residing at Bonesteel, in the county of Gregoryand State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horse- Collars, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to horse collars and,

has particular reference to a horse collar embodying a sack or cellwhich is inflated with air.

An important object of the invention is to provide a horse collar of theabove mentioned character, which will not rub or chafe the neck orshoulder of the horse and which is very comfortable in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a horse collar of theabove mentioned character, which is simple in construction,'strong anddurable.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich l1ke numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a collar embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

1liig. 4 is a side elevation of the air bag or ce Y e i In the drawings,wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodimentof my invention, the numeral 10 designates the outer casing of thecollar, as a whole,this casing'embodying a rear section 11, preferablyformed ofleather, and a front section 12, also preferably formed ofleather.

These sections have their outer edges stitched together, as shown at 13.

-The numeral 14 designates an innerstrip,

. preferably formedofleather, which is arranged forwardly of the rearsection 11, at its inner edge, and stitched thereto, as shown at 15. Thesection 14: has its forward outer edge arranged rearwardly of the inneredge of the forward section 12, and is stitched thereto, as shown at 16.The stitching 16 also extends through the rear section 11, whichprojects inwardly beyond the forward section 12. This stitchingarrangement transversely curves the strip 14 into a roll or bead,providing a forward groove or recess 17, for the hames. The roll orbeadis filled with fibrous material, such as straw 18.

The numeral 19 designates an approximately U-shaped air sack or cell,formed of rubber or the like, and adapted for insertion within the outercasing 10, outwardly of the bead, before the stitching 13 is made, inpart or whole. This air sack is equipped with a valve 20, adapted forconnection with a pump, so that air under pressure may be introducedinto the sack. This valve 20 is inclosed within casing extensions 21,the edges of which may be secured together, at 22, by stitching orlacing. It is preferable that this connection be detachable. I

Atthe lower end of the collar, I preferably provide a reinforcing strip23, of leather or the like, secured thereto by any suitable means.

The upper ends of the collar are separate, so that the horses neck maybe introduced into the opening 24 of the collar. A strap 25 is securedto one end-of the collar, at the top thereof, and is adapted to engagewith a buckle 26, carried by the other end.

In the use of the'collar, the same is applied to the horsesneck, in theusual manner, and should it be desired to increase the volume of airwithin'the collar, the same may be done by uncovering the valve andconnecting it with a pump. The hames are arranged within the grooves orrecesses 17 and act upon the inflated collar, as the horse drags theload. By providing the collar with the air filled'sack or cell, theaction of the same is obtained and a collar provided having the desireddegree of resiliency, which may be regulated to suit each particularhorse or the draft conditions.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is.

to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changesin the shape,

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- nently stitched together, an air sack arranged within the casing andhaving a valve projecting outwardly beyond the same, a pair of flexibleextensions secured to the front and rear sections and covering thevalve, and means for detachably securing the edges of the extensionstogether.

2. A horse collar of the character described, comprising an outer casingincluding a rear section and a forward section, extensions carried bysaid sections at the outer edges thereof, stitching for securing theinner and outer edges of the sections together, a cell arranged withinthe casing and 15 having a valve projecting outwardly of the samebetween the extensions, and means for detachably securing the edges ofthe extensions together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 20 Witnesses:

B. G. MAYNARD, B. J. HINGEUST.

